
Explore the Adobe CC bundle and master photo editing, vector illustrations, motion graphics, and visual effects with Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects, plus 3D modeling and mock-up design.
Create cloud shapes in Illustrator using the ellipse tool and rectangles, then refine with the shape builder by combining or removing parts, and manage colors, strokes, and layers.
Learn how to place text on shapes and paths in Illustrator, using the pen and curvature tools, adjust fills and strokes, and create circular text along a path.
Explore creating a clipping mask to blend wildlife photography with bold typography for a magazine-style poster, using text masked into animal imagery and layered effects.
Learn to create drop shadows on text-shaped vector layers in Illustrator, adjusting mode, opacity, offset, blur, and color in the appearance panel.
Explore gradient blending techniques in Illustrator by combining shapes and adjusting colors and orientation with the gradient control panel. Create flowing, water-like forms and three-dimensional effects through blending.
Create a simple fish in Illustrator by using the Shape Builder on overlapping circles, then add fins, eyes, and a mouth with basic shapes and reflect to mirror symmetry.
Create sea waves for a fish illustration by combining shapes with the shape builder tool, adjust color and opacity, and organize layers for export to After Effects.
Create a mechanical wheel by building an octagon with eight outward triangles using the shape builder, reflect and rotate by 45 degrees, then remove extraneous parts for a transparent vector.
Learn to convert raster images to vector art in Illustrator with image trace, using presets and color counts to control detail for graphic design.
Explore tracing options in the tracing workspace, from six color and high fidelity to low fidelity, comparing tomato and banana with vector results, alpha channel, grayscale, and background crop.
Learn to recolor artwork in Illustrator using advanced tracing and a six-color palette, transforming a 56-color trace into graphics. Follow steps to outline, group, and expand shapes for recoloring.
Learn to recolor artwork in Illustrator using the recolor tool, swap colors across six hues, adjust dark and light shades, and apply color schemes to create dynamic posters.
Create a vector condenser mic image using tracing and clipping masks, then design an open mic poster with typography, color matching, and layout in Illustrator.
learn to wrap text into the surface of a banana using the envelope distort tool and a mesh, adjusting columns and rows to distort letters to the shape.
Explore an amazing area type technique in Illustrator that fills shapes with text using the knife tool, outlines, color tweaks, and randomized segments to create dynamic typography.
Learn to create 3d text and shapes in Illustrator using the extrude and bevel 3d effect, adjust angles, lighting, shading, color, and rotation for isometric designs.
Create isometric coin designs in Illustrator using extrude, apply gradients for a metallic finish, and arrange multiple coins with isometric positions for 3D visuals.
Learn to use the puppet warp tool in Illustrator to bend a puppet-like skeleton with pins, moving joints and any design on top to animate illustrations.
Learn to convert objects into symbols in Illustrator, then use the symbol sprayer to generate multiple colored symbols for modern wallpapers and backgrounds.
Learn to create infographics and data visualizations in Adobe Illustrator by building bar charts, importing data, and customizing colors, then prepare vectors for After Effects animation.
Learn how to create a line chart in Illustrator, define and transpose values, adjust point size and stroke color, and use infographics techniques to convey trends.
Create and customize pie charts in Illustrator by entering segment values, coloring each piece, and optionally separating a segment to highlight growth across years for compelling infographics.
Create a wallpaper with simple shapes by layering triangles, adjusting colors and opacity, arranging patterns on the artboard, and exploring monochromatic themes for use in graphic design and after effects.
Create a lotus flower in Illustrator using the shape builder tool and gradients, duplicating and reflecting petals, applying pink and white gradients, and adding a green stem and dark backdrop.
Learn how the spot healing brush in Photoshop removes unwanted elements by sampling surrounding pixels to reimagine photos. Adjust brush size, hardness, and spacing, and zoom in for complex textures.
Master the patch tool in Photoshop to remove unwanted objects by sampling surrounding pixels, and refine results with the spot healing brush and selection tools.
Explore how to use the magic wand to make quick selections in Photoshop, combine with shift to add areas, and use deletion or masking for sky and background replacement.
Learn to use the clone stamp tool to sample areas and seamlessly blend edits across multiple images, remove objects, and create composites and posters with adjustable brush sizes.
Learn to create a selective color effect in Photoshop by using a grayscale adjustment layer, a mask, and targeted color tweaks to highlight pinkish guava for Instagram-ready edits.
Explore the three lasso tools in Photoshop—basic, polygonal, and magnetic—and learn when each offers precise selections. Zoom for accuracy; use polygonal for straight edges and magnetic for fine boundaries.
Master the quick selection tool in Photoshop to rapidly isolate a subject with a brush, refine edges, subtract areas, zoom for precision, and create a mask.
Master the refine edge tool in Photoshop to create natural-looking selections, especially for furry subjects, by using Select and Mask, adjust edges, and refine boundaries for clean composites.
Learn to create a custom flame brush in Photoshop by isolating flames, defining a brush preset, and painting with it on photos and solid layers.
Create a background in Photoshop using a custom brush built from a flame photo. Explore color variations, blending modes, and brush properties to craft textures for greeting cards.
Use the history brush tool in Photoshop to reveal prior actions by painting black or white over a photo, then apply a gradient and blending modes to create poster-like edits.
Learn to create a travel postcard in Photoshop by painting on a mask to reveal or erase the photo, using brushes, text, and layers for a photo collage.
Create a neon glow text effect in Photoshop by stacking gaussian blur layers, converting to a smart object, and applying screen blending with a gradient map on a black background.
Learn to create vibrant neon glow text in Photoshop by applying gradient maps, Gaussian blur, and color adjustments, then tweak hues, intensities, and background for a striking glow effect.
Learn to automate photo editing in Photoshop by recording actions, applying them to batches, and using shortcuts to speed up consistent adjustments like saturation, exposure, and hue.
Learn to create a Photoshop LUT by combining adjustment layers, export a cube color lookup table, and apply it for consistent color grading across After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Use Photoshop's Liquify filter to sculpt facial features for caricatures, adjusting eyes, nose, and mouth, then apply oil paint for a cartoonish finish.
Learn how to create a photo manipulation by blending two images in Photoshop, replacing a door with a sunrise, using masks, layers, and hue/saturation adjustments to harmonize lighting.
Learn to create masks and recolor photos using adjustment layers in Photoshop, apply hue/saturation with colorize, and paint color onto specific areas for portraits, posters, or restoring black-and-white images.
Learn to create an animation in Photoshop by painting segments and masking. Use adjustment layers and gradient maps, then animate with the timeline across frames.
Learn how to create a new composition in After Effects, set name, resolution, frame rate, background options, and workspace layout.
Learn to create motion graphics in After Effects by drawing and transforming shapes, applying stroke and fill, and animating position, scale, and rotation with keyframes, plus creating solid backgrounds.
Explore built-in presets in After Effects to create compositions and apply background effects. Experiment with text effects and shape adjustments, like the mechanical algorithm effect, to craft polished outputs.
Learn to export After Effects compositions using the render queue, adjust output format and render settings, and optimize frame rate with GPU acceleration for video projects.
Learn to export videos with Media Encoder, selecting formats like gif and mp4, using gpu acceleration for faster renders, and adjusting presets for QuickTime and other outputs.
In this course, you will learn about various creative designing skills on Adobe Creative Cloud or Adobe CC. These tools could be used as standalone or in combination for creating creative Design and Animation. Some of these Adobe cc tools are well known and considered as the industry standard such as Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects. There are limitless possibilities on what you can create using these tools, there is no limit to creativity and imagination. But you have to learn a few tools and techniques in order to bring light to your ideas, whether you realize it by drawing on digital canvas using Illustrator and Photoshop or by bringing your ideas to life by creating motion graphics animation using After Effects, or by creating 3D mockups and Product design using Adobe Dimension.
Before starting, if you are new to some of these Adobe tools, first learn a little bit about them.
Adobe Photoshop is a photo editing and image compositing tool used to do almost anything and everything with photos from retouching and restoration to spot healing and designing. Photoshop is a professional tool, equally useful for hobbyist and professionals alike. Photographers, Graphics Designer, Poster designers and studios everyone could leverage from Photoshop.
Adobe Illustrator is a Graphics designing tool that is used for creating vector graphics that is completely different from the world of pixels or raster graphics. Logos, cartoons, 2d and 3d components and multitude of stuff is being designed using Illustrator. Although its fundamentally different from Photoshop but is widely used in combination with Photoshop.
Adobe After Effects allows you to create amazing Motion graphics and visual effects for creating animations, video components and templates and much more. If you are new to the world of 3D or animation, it could be very intuitive. Moreover if you are professional, you could still find multitude of effects and techniques such as Expressions really powerful.
Adobe Dimension is a 3D modelling and Product designing tool that can help you easily and quickly design 3D components and product mockups. And you will find Dimension really useful when you are new to this domain.
So, in this course you will learn about some of the tools and techniques using these Adobe CC software. Here you will learn about-
Shape builder, Image tracing, Photo Mask, Drop Shadow and Gradient Map in Adobe Illustrator
Spot healing, Patch tool, Magic wand, clone stamp, Selective color effect, Quick selection tool in Adobe Photoshop
Color corrections, Masking, Creating a map animation, video opener loop and pie chart with Adobe After Effects
Creating and Rendering 3D model, Adding graphics, text and background in Adobe Dimension